蓋爾運動協會
A different way to play by Simon Stopps
Professional sports have become big business. Athletes are paid huge salaries. You can buy T-shirts, coffee mugs and seat cushions with your favorite team logos on them. If you have enough money, you can even buy a team and move it from city to city. But that’s not how things work in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
Formed in 1884, the GAA was designed to promote traditional Irish culture and sports. With more than 2,600 clubs and over 1 million members, it’s now Ireland’s largest sporting organization. In keeping with its mission, the GAA promotes a range of Irish sports and cultural traditions. That said, the association's best-known sports are Gaelic football and hurling. Both are traditional Irish sports.
Gaelic football is often described as a mixture of soccer and rugby. However, it is older than either of those games. In contrast, hurling is a lot like field hockey. It's Europe's oldest field sport and has been around for at least 2,000 years.
From the lowest to the highest levels. GAA players are amateurs. More importantly, clubs cannot be sold or even owned by individuals. Instead, each club is based in a community and run by the people of that community. Each year, club members vote to elect a committee to manage the club's affairs. Even at the highest levels, association officials are elected and can only hold their posts for four years.
Despite its focus on amateur sports, the association's business model has proven extremely successful. Over the years, the GAA has built up more than 2.6 billion euros in assets. Last year it earned an additional 64 million euros. An impressive 80 percent of that income was invested back into local GAA clubs. This year the GAA marks its 125th anniversary. As an organization, it has stood the test of time. The association has demonstrated that community and culture can still be an important part of top-level sports.
Grammar
In keeping with its mission, the GAA promotes a range of Irish sports and cultural traditions. That said, the association's best-known sports are Gaelic football and hurling.
that said is fancy way to say " however"
The hostess has asked us not bring anything to the dinner party. That said, we're still planning to take a small gift.
The theater has asked the audience to not take pictures during the performance. That said, many people still had their cameras out.
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Will Gaelic Games die out?
With its stable, healthy economy, Ireland has become a very desirable place to live. What this means is there are more and more people living in Ireland who aren't Irish. This presents a unique challenge to the Gaelic. Athletic Association, which has traditionally marketed itself to Irish nationals. So now, the question is: can the GAA help Ireland's non-Irish people develop a passion for Irish sports?
Vocabulary
athletic (adj)-Roberta and Alexandra are very athletic. They swim, play soccer and run.
*The athletic facilities here in the gym are pretty old. athlete (n)-
*Jason is an athletic boy. He's good at many sports.
cushion (n)-soft square pillow type thing, can move around.
I brought a cushion because the chairs are very hard.
promote (v)-提倡，促进，宣传，推动，宣传
Carol's job is to promote the development of the downtown area.
*The organization promotes literacy programs in poor areas.
*The campaign successfully promoted this new product.
mission (n)-purpose, the most important goal.
The organization's mission involves helping poor students get a good education. 在行。
mixture (n)-混合，混合体，混合物The movie is a mixture of laughter and drama. mix-混和。
*The style of the band is a mixture of rock and country.
*Leave the mixture of flour, eggs and milk in the fridge for an hour.
professional sports- player and couch get pay a huge money to play.
logo-一个品牌的图样。owl is Studio classroom's logo.
In keeping with (idiom)-keeping here means Harmony, unity or agreement.
committee (n)-a group of people who have chosen to make decision for the organization or event. Last year we started a committee to help plan student events.
extremely (adv)-at very great (greatest) degree. It's extremely hot outside.
Mountain climbing is an extremely exciting hobby.
invest (v)-投资make the money grow, spend money on something to increase it's value and gain more money from it.
Simon would like to invest his money but he has a lot of questions.
*Alex invested some of his savings in real estate.
*investment-He made a large investment in the stock markets.
demonstrate (v)-证明，表明show, how something work.
Mr. Maxwell stood at the front of the class to demonstrate the experiment.
*The research clearly demonstrated the connection between lung cancer and smoking.
*The change of location of headquarters demonstrated the company's determination to take over the Asian market.
asset-The majority of the couple's assets are in cash. 资产，财产，大都用複数"s". assets.
*The most valuable assets of this company are their copyrights.
*Britney is an important asset of our company.
amateurs-业余的 don't play for money, not been paid. opposite of professional.
Chat Room
Sport's play place: 不同球类场地有不同的名称。
outdoor sports:field-大型的户外球场。
ballpark/ field-棒球场地。
diamond-内野的球场，一垒到本垒形状像diamond
Indoor sports: court- 小型尤其是迁涉net 网子室内球场。tennis court, volleyball court, basketball court.
bowling alley-is a building where you play bowling, where you roll the ball is call "land"
rink- ice skating, hockey, play on ice溜冰，冰上曲棍球的场地。
arena-古罗马德里竞技场，现在的室内运动场。
stadium-大型的户外运动场。
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stood the test of time-means to last for a long time.经得起时间的考验to stand the test of time。
stand out from the crowd-杰出，凸出，突出，很优秀 stand out =prominent
stand out like a sore thumb-也是很显眼但是负面的，如一个人包了受伤的大拇指般很突出。
It stands to reason-make sense. 显而易见的
stand up to- confront-抵挡，抵抗某人，勇敢面对某人。
stand on one's ground-站立在自己的地方stand on your ground-不退后,不屈服,坚持自己的立场.
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